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  Leo Tolstoy

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  Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses.  Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place.  Gambling debts forced an abrupt change of path and he joined the army to fight in the Crimean War.  He was commended for his bravery and promoted but was appalled at the brutality and loss of life.  He recorded these and other earlier experiences in his diaries which formed the basis of several of his works. 
  In 1852 ‘Childhood’ was published to immediate success and was followed by ‘Boyhood’ and ‘Youth’. 
  His experience in the army and the horrors he witnessed resulted in ‘The Cossacks’ in 1862 and the trilogy ‘Sevastopol Tales’. After the war he travelled around Europe, visiting London and Paris and meeting such luminaries as Victor Hugo and Charles Darwin.  
  It was now that Tolstoy began his masterpiece, ‘War and Peace’. Published in 1869 it was an epic work that changed literature. He quickly followed this with ‘Anna Karenina’.  
  These successes made Tolstoy rich and helped him accomplish many of his dreams but also brought problems as he grappled with his faith and the lot of the oppressed poor. These revolutionary views became so popular that the authorities now kept him under surveillance.  
  He led a life of asceticism and vegetarianism and put his socialist ideals into practice by establishing numerous schools for the poor and food programmes. He also believed in giving away his wealth, which caused much discord with his wife.  
  His writing continued to bring forth classics such as ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ and many brilliant and incisive short stories such as ‘How Much Land Does A Man Need’.  
  In 1901 Tolstoy was excommunicated from the Church and controversially deselected for the Nobel Prize for Literature. 
  Whilst undertaking a pilgrimage by train in October 1910 with his daughter Aleksandra he caught pneumonia in the nearby town of Astapovo.  Leo Tolstoy died on November 9th, 1910, he was 82.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, D...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this decade Europe is recovering from the Great War yet already the poisonous seeds for the next, even greater calamity, are taking root.  Our literary leviathans bring tales of pain and heartache, sorrow and humanity into every narrative.  Genius has many names. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The 1920's - The Europeans - An Introduction 
  2 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov 
  3 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka 
  4 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence 
  5 - Twilight Alley by Stefan Zweig 
  6 - The Tale Of The Stairs by Hristo Smirenski 
  7 - The Imbecile by Luigi Pirandello 
  8 - My First Goose by Isaac Babel 
  9 - The Loathly Opposite by John Buchan 
  10 - Vampire's Prey by Hanns Heinz Ewers 
  11 - Rhapsody by Dorothy Edwards

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  Art My Eye

  Gill Oliver

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  How does an Art Gallery attendant pass the time? A former employee of the Walker, in Liverpool, reminisces, and recalls what happened when they gave their imagination free rein. Honestly, hilarious.

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  Loot of the Shanung

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  A one hundred grand reward for the return of billionaire George Rockham is more than enough to turn Shanghai newspaperman Jimmy Vance's head. Throw in the gorgeous dame who's offering the reward — Rockham's daughter Virginia — and he might lose his head altogether. Fast-talking Vance jumps at the chance to get what could be the biggest story of his life... if he lives to tell it. A missing billionaire. A beautiful woman. A hot story. Hear all about it — as the audio version of Loot of the Shanung puts a newspaperman up against a brutal deadline.

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  Short Stories

  Quentin Drummond Anderson

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  "Short Stories" Quentin Drummond Anderson 
  In a world where reality is curated and truth engineered like algorithms, Quentin Drummond Anderson's "Short Stories" presents narratives blurring perception and deception. Inspired by Dahl and Maugham, these tales explore modern ambition where technology, power, and morality collide with unexpected results. 
  The ten stories reveal different facets of contemporary society. "The Digital Prophet" follows a tech mogul whose empire of lies collapses, revealing he's been deceived himself. "The Influencer's Shadow" exposes the fabrications beneath a social media star's curated perfection. 
  Anderson navigates shifting moral landscapes. In "Paper Tigers," rival spies discover their deception game serves larger, unseen powers. "Greenwashed" explores sustainability's dark underbelly, where noble causes mask ulterior motives. "Memory Architects" confronts the ethics of reconstructing—and essentially rewriting—the past. 
  Power dynamics thread throughout: who wields it, manipulates it, or falls victim. "The Philanthropist" explores high finance's seductive world, while "The Algorithm" wrestles with existential questions. "When Greek Meets Greek" pits two con artists against each other, each believing they've found the perfect mark until their web of lies unravels. "Marriage of Convenience" examines a partnership built on mutual benefit rather than love, where ambition and secrets threaten a calculated arrangement. 
  Each story forces characters to confront uncomfortable truths: often, the greatest deceptions are those we tell ourselves. Through these intricate narratives, Anderson holds a mirror to contemporary society, reflecting our complicity in the very illusions we condemn. 
  Prepare to be deceived, astonished, and—most importantly—to question everything you believe you know..

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  Tales From An Ironic Mind Five

  Paul A. Hernandez

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  From hi-tech spying in suburbia, to a giant feather found in the country, to a new drug that is so powerful that it can make you forget about having cancer, a transient way down on his luck finds hope and his intent to give this new found hope to others, whether they are willing or not. A man who laughs and smiles in his sleep makes his wife question his morality, a bored hunter tries out his new rifle, an old college buddy wants to learn the secret of a trick, a high security lab finds out that someone is trying to tunnel under their facility, a mans new phone/camera can capture ghosts? A psychiatrist can hear the voices of his patient, a little stone statue seeks worshipers, a lumberjack finds an electrode in the ground, and a vacationing American couple can quite suddenly speak French quite fluently!

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